First, she's the Chair of the Contracting Subcommittee of the Senate Homeland Security and Gov't Affairs Committee, and they've just annoucned a hearing on a new unified database structure for government spending. The below press release has more detail, but the short story is that the way this database is created will have enormous impact on how spending accountability functions online.
Second, she is asking the Open Government community for questions she should be asking. Here's where they're asking for questions:
That means there are at least two reasons to participate. One: online spending transparency needs to be built well. Two: other committee chairs should engage in similar behavior. This community can significantly affect both the database and the participatory processes, by participating.
*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:* Maria Speiser 202-228-6263
September 15, 2009 Adrianne Marsh 202-228-6253
*CONTRACTING OVERSIGHT SUBCOMMITTEE TO EXAMINE HOW THE GOVERNMENT TRACKS CONTRACTS*
* *
*WASHINGTON**, D.C.* – The Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight, chaired by Chairman Claire McCaskill, will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, September 29 to examine the way the federal government tracks information relating to federal contracts. The Subcommittee will assess the problems of the decentralized and cumbersome systems presently in place, and discuss current plans to develop a new platform for integrating these systems to ensure that goals of efficiency, transparency, and accessibility are met.
Currently, the federal government retains contract information in multiple outdated and inefficient databases maintained by various government agencies. The federal government has begun efforts to streamline and improve the system by planning to create the Integrated Acquisition Environment, and the General Services Administration (GSA) is planning to move forward with awarding the Architecture Operations Contract Support (AOCS) contract to develop a new platform for integrating information relating to government contracting. GSA is expected to award the contract by the end of the month. The Subcommittee will hear testimony from both stakeholders and government officials.
*
*
*Who*: Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight
*What: *Public Hearing on Improving Transparency and Accessibility of Federal Contracting Databases
* When: *Tuesday, September 29 2009, at 10:00 a.m. ET
* *
* Where: *Dirksen Senate Office Building Room SD-342
* *
*Witnesses: Panel I*
William T. Woods
Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Adam Hughes
Director of Federal Fiscal Policy
OMB Watch
* *
A.R. Trey Hodgkins, III
Vice President for National Security & Procurement Policy
TechAmerica
*Panel II*
Vivek Kundra
Federal Chief Information Officer &
Administrator, Office of E-Government and Information Technology
First, this hearing is specifically on databases for contracting spending --
not all government spending. I know the word "contracting" is all over this
email, but I want to make sure everyone understands the scope.
Second, *if you are a developer who has worked with government data before,
we would especially appreciate your input*. Chairman McCaskill understands
that inaccessible and badly-designed databases are some of the most imposing
obstacles to real transparency and accountability, and this architecture
redesign is an excellent opportunity to build something that can serve as an
example. She wants to make sure the most creative voices in the open
government community are able to incorporate contracting information into
their work.
> First, she's the Chair of the Contracting Subcommittee of the Senate
> Homeland Security and Gov't Affairs Committee, and they've just annoucned a
> hearing on a new unified database structure for government spending. The
> below press release has more detail, but the short story is that the way
> this database is created will have enormous impact on how spending
> accountability functions online.
> Second, she is asking the Open Government community for questions she
> should be asking. Here's where they're asking for questions:
> That means there are at least two reasons to participate. One: online
> spending transparency needs to be built well. Two: other committee chairs
> should engage in similar behavior. This community can significantly affect
> both the database and the participatory processes, by participating.
> *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:* Maria Speiser
> 202-228-6263
> September 15, 2009 Adrianne
> Marsh 202-228-6253
> *CONTRACTING OVERSIGHT SUBCOMMITTEE TO EXAMINE HOW THE GOVERNMENT TRACKS
> CONTRACTS*
> * *
> *WASHINGTON**, D.C.* – The Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight, chaired
> by Chairman Claire McCaskill, will hold a public hearing on Tuesday,
> September 29 to examine the way the federal government tracks information
> relating to federal contracts. The Subcommittee will assess the problems of
> the decentralized and cumbersome systems presently in place, and discuss
> current plans to develop a new platform for integrating these systems to
> ensure that goals of efficiency, transparency, and accessibility are met.
> Currently, the federal government retains contract information in multiple
> outdated and inefficient databases maintained by various government
> agencies. The federal government has begun efforts to streamline and
> improve the system by planning to create the Integrated Acquisition
> Environment, and the General Services Administration (GSA) is planning to
> move forward with awarding the Architecture Operations Contract Support
> (AOCS) contract to develop a new platform for integrating information
> relating to government contracting. GSA is expected to award the contract
> by the end of the month. The Subcommittee will hear testimony from both
> stakeholders and government officials.
> *
> *
> *Who*: Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight
> *What: *Public Hearing on Improving Transparency
> and Accessibility of Federal Contracting Databases
> * When: *Tuesday, September 29 2009, at
> 10:00 a.m. ET
> * *
> * Where: *Dirksen Senate Office Building
> Room SD-342
> * *
> *Witnesses: Panel I*
> William T. Woods
> Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management
> U.S. Government Accountability Office
> Adam Hughes
> Director of Federal Fiscal Policy
> OMB Watch
> * *
> A.R. Trey Hodgkins, III
> Vice President for National Security & Procurement Policy
> TechAmerica
> *Panel II*
> Vivek Kundra
> Federal Chief Information Officer &
> Administrator, Office of E-Government and Information Technology
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Samuel Drzymala <drzyma...@gmail.com>wrote:
>> Thanks, John. To emphasize a couple points:
>> First, this hearing is specifically on databases for contracting spending
>> -- not all government spending. I know the word "contracting" is all over
>> this email, but I want to make sure everyone understands the scope.
>> Second, *if you are a developer who has worked with government data
>> before, we would especially appreciate your input*. Chairman McCaskill
>> understands that inaccessible and badly-designed databases are some of the
>> most imposing obstacles to real transparency and accountability, and this
>> architecture redesign is an excellent opportunity to build something that
>> can serve as an example. She wants to make sure the most creative voices in
>> the open government community are able to incorporate contracting
>> information into their work.
>>> First, she's the Chair of the Contracting Subcommittee of the Senate
>>> Homeland Security and Gov't Affairs Committee, and they've just annoucned a
>>> hearing on a new unified database structure for government spending. The
>>> below press release has more detail, but the short story is that the way
>>> this database is created will have enormous impact on how spending
>>> accountability functions online.
>>> Second, she is asking the Open Government community for questions she
>>> should be asking. Here's where they're asking for questions:
>>> That means there are at least two reasons to participate. One: online
>>> spending transparency needs to be built well. Two: other committee chairs
>>> should engage in similar behavior. This community can significantly affect
>>> both the database and the participatory processes, by participating.
>>> *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:* Maria Speiser
>>> 202-228-6263
>>> September 15, 2009 Adrianne
>>> Marsh 202-228-6253
>>> *CONTRACTING OVERSIGHT SUBCOMMITTEE TO EXAMINE HOW THE GOVERNMENT TRACKS
>>> CONTRACTS*
>>> * *
>>> *WASHINGTON**, D.C.* – The Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight,
>>> chaired by Chairman Claire McCaskill, will hold a public hearing on Tuesday,
>>> September 29 to examine the way the federal government tracks information
>>> relating to federal contracts. The Subcommittee will assess the problems of
>>> the decentralized and cumbersome systems presently in place, and discuss
>>> current plans to develop a new platform for integrating these systems to
>>> ensure that goals of efficiency, transparency, and accessibility are met.
>>> Currently, the federal government retains contract information in
>>> multiple outdated and inefficient databases maintained by various government
>>> agencies. The federal government has begun efforts to streamline and
>>> improve the system by planning to create the Integrated Acquisition
>>> Environment, and the General Services Administration (GSA) is planning to
>>> move forward with awarding the Architecture Operations Contract Support
>>> (AOCS) contract to develop a new platform for integrating information
>>> relating to government contracting. GSA is expected to award the contract
>>> by the end of the month. The Subcommittee will hear testimony from both
>>> stakeholders and government officials.
>>> *
>>> *
>>> *Who*: Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight
>>> *What: *Public Hearing on Improving
>>> Transparency and Accessibility of Federal Contracting Databases
>>> * When: *Tuesday, September 29 2009,
>>> at 10:00 a.m. ET
>>> * *
>>> * Where: *Dirksen Senate Office
>>> Building Room SD-342
>>> * *
>>> *Witnesses: Panel I*
>>> William T. Woods
>>> Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management
>>> U.S. Government Accountability Office
>>> Adam Hughes
>>> Director of Federal Fiscal Policy
>>> OMB Watch
>>> * *
>>> A.R. Trey Hodgkins, III
>>> Vice President for National Security & Procurement Policy
>>> TechAmerica
>>> *Panel II*
>>> Vivek Kundra
>>> Federal Chief Information Officer &
>>> Administrator, Office of E-Government and Information Technology
>> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Samuel Drzymala <drzyma...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>> Thanks, John. To emphasize a couple points:
>>> First, this hearing is specifically on databases for contracting spending
>>> -- not all government spending. I know the word "contracting" is all over
>>> this email, but I want to make sure everyone understands the scope.
>>> Second, *if you are a developer who has worked with government data
>>> before, we would especially appreciate your input*. Chairman McCaskill
>>> understands that inaccessible and badly-designed databases are some of the
>>> most imposing obstacles to real transparency and accountability, and this
>>> architecture redesign is an excellent opportunity to build something that
>>> can serve as an example. She wants to make sure the most creative voices in
>>> the open government community are able to incorporate contracting
>>> information into their work.
>>>> First, she's the Chair of the Contracting Subcommittee of the Senate
>>>> Homeland Security and Gov't Affairs Committee, and they've just annoucned a
>>>> hearing on a new unified database structure for government spending. The
>>>> below press release has more detail, but the short story is that the way
>>>> this database is created will have enormous impact on how spending
>>>> accountability functions online.
>>>> Second, she is asking the Open Government community for questions she
>>>> should be asking. Here's where they're asking for questions:
>>>> That means there are at least two reasons to participate. One: online
>>>> spending transparency needs to be built well. Two: other committee chairs
>>>> should engage in similar behavior. This community can significantly affect
>>>> both the database and the participatory processes, by participating.
>>>> *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:* Maria Speiser
>>>> 202-228-6263
>>>> September 15, 2009 Adrianne
>>>> Marsh 202-228-6253
>>>> *CONTRACTING OVERSIGHT SUBCOMMITTEE TO EXAMINE HOW THE GOVERNMENT
>>>> TRACKS CONTRACTS*
>>>> * *
>>>> *WASHINGTON**, D.C.* – The Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight,
>>>> chaired by Chairman Claire McCaskill, will hold a public hearing on Tuesday,
>>>> September 29 to examine the way the federal government tracks information
>>>> relating to federal contracts. The Subcommittee will assess the problems of
>>>> the decentralized and cumbersome systems presently in place, and discuss
>>>> current plans to develop a new platform for integrating these systems to
>>>> ensure that goals of efficiency, transparency, and accessibility are met.
>>>> Currently, the federal government retains contract information in
>>>> multiple outdated and inefficient databases maintained by various government
>>>> agencies. The federal government has begun efforts to streamline and
>>>> improve the system by planning to create the Integrated Acquisition
>>>> Environment, and the General Services Administration (GSA) is planning to
>>>> move forward with awarding the Architecture Operations Contract Support
>>>> (AOCS) contract to develop a new platform for integrating information
>>>> relating to government contracting. GSA is expected to award the contract
>>>> by the end of the month. The Subcommittee will hear testimony from both
>>>> stakeholders and government officials.
>>>> *
>>>> *
>>>> *Who*: Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight
>>>> *What: *Public Hearing on Improving
>>>> Transparency and Accessibility of Federal Contracting Databases
>>>> * When: *Tuesday, September 29 2009,
>>>> at 10:00 a.m. ET
>>>> * *
>>>> * Where: *Dirksen Senate Office
>>>> Building Room SD-342
>>>> * *
>>>> *Witnesses: Panel I*
>>>> William T. Woods
>>>> Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management
>>>> U.S. Government Accountability Office
>>>> Adam Hughes
>>>> Director of Federal Fiscal Policy
>>>> OMB Watch
>>>> * *
>>>> A.R. Trey Hodgkins, III
>>>> Vice President for National Security & Procurement Policy
>>>> TechAmerica
>>>> *Panel II*
>>>> Vivek Kundra
>>>> Federal Chief Information Officer &
>>>> Administrator, Office of E-Government and Information Technology
>>> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Samuel Drzymala <drzyma...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>> Thanks, John. To emphasize a couple points:
>>>> First, this hearing is specifically on databases for contracting
>>>> spending -- not all government spending. I know the word "contracting" is
>>>> all over this email, but I want to make sure everyone understands the scope.
>>>> Second, *if you are a developer who has worked with government data
>>>> before, we would especially appreciate your input*. Chairman McCaskill
>>>> understands that inaccessible and badly-designed databases are some of the
>>>> most imposing obstacles to real transparency and accountability, and this
>>>> architecture redesign is an excellent opportunity to build something that
>>>> can serve as an example. She wants to make sure the most creative voices in
>>>> the open government community are able to incorporate contracting
>>>> information into their work.
>>>>> First, she's the Chair of the Contracting Subcommittee of the Senate
>>>>> Homeland Security and Gov't Affairs Committee, and they've just annoucned a
>>>>> hearing on a new unified database structure for government spending. The
>>>>> below press release has more detail, but the short story is that the way
>>>>> this database is created will have enormous impact on how spending
>>>>> accountability functions online.
>>>>> Second, she is asking the Open Government community for questions she
>>>>> should be asking. Here's where they're asking for questions:
>>>>> That means there are at least two reasons to participate. One: online
>>>>> spending transparency needs to be built well. Two: other committee chairs
>>>>> should engage in similar behavior. This community can significantly affect
>>>>> both the database and the participatory processes, by participating.
>>>>> *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:* Maria Speiser
>>>>> 202-228-6263
>>>>> September 15, 2009
>>>>> Adrianne Marsh 202-228-6253
>>>>> *CONTRACTING OVERSIGHT SUBCOMMITTEE TO EXAMINE HOW THE GOVERNMENT
>>>>> TRACKS CONTRACTS*
>>>>> * *
>>>>> *WASHINGTON**, D.C.* – The Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight,
>>>>> chaired by Chairman Claire McCaskill, will hold a public hearing on Tuesday,
>>>>> September 29 to examine the way the federal government tracks information
>>>>> relating to federal contracts. The Subcommittee will assess the problems of
>>>>> the decentralized and cumbersome systems presently in place, and discuss
>>>>> current plans to develop a new platform for integrating these systems to
>>>>> ensure that goals of efficiency, transparency, and accessibility are met.
>>>>> Currently, the federal government retains contract information in
>>>>> multiple outdated and inefficient databases maintained by various government
>>>>> agencies. The federal government has begun efforts to streamline and
>>>>> improve the system by planning to create the Integrated Acquisition
>>>>> Environment, and the General Services Administration (GSA) is planning to
>>>>> move forward with awarding the Architecture Operations Contract Support
>>>>> (AOCS) contract to develop a new platform for integrating information
>>>>> relating to government contracting. GSA is expected to award the contract
>>>>> by the end of the month. The Subcommittee will hear testimony from both
>>>>> stakeholders and government officials.
>>>>> *
>>>>> *
>>>>> *Who*: Subcommittee on Contracting
>>>>> Oversight
>>>>> *What: *Public Hearing on Improving
>>>>> Transparency and Accessibility of Federal Contracting Databases
>>>>> * When: *Tuesday, September 29
>>>>> 2009, at 10:00 a.m. ET
>>>>> * *
>>>>> * Where: *Dirksen Senate Office
>>>>> Building Room SD-342
>>>>> * *
>>>>> *Witnesses: Panel I*
>>>>> William T. Woods
>>>>> Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management
>>>>> U.S. Government Accountability Office
>>>>> Adam Hughes
>>>>> Director of Federal Fiscal Policy
>>>>> OMB Watch
>>>>> * *
>>>>> A.R. Trey Hodgkins, III
>>>>> Vice President for National Security & Procurement Policy
>>>>> TechAmerica
>>>>> *Panel II*
>>>>> Vivek Kundra
>>>>> Federal Chief Information Officer &
>>>>> Administrator, Office of E-Government and Information Technology
